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LOT 1859
Medieval Bronze Ring Brooch Group
CIRCA 13TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 - 1 in. (5.74 grams total, 18-26 mm).
Comprising three annular brooches: one with a raised cell set with a green glass cabochon; one with notched decoration; one with punched pellet decoration. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of Graham Slater (1927-2024), Cambridge, UK; formed 1980s-1990s.
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LOT 1859
Medieval Bronze Ring Brooch Group
Estimate £30 - 40€35 - 46 (for guidance only)$41 - 54 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Medieval and Later Bronze Artefact Collection
Circa 14th-17th century A.D.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising: a sheet-bronze knife pommel; a mount shaped as fleur-de-lis with two studs on the reverse; a circular domed mount with a central whirl motif; a pendant or a mount formed as the crescent moon and star; a small quatrefoil pendant; a small bifacial floral pendant; a square seal matrix with a bird; a hooked tag with fleur-de-lis; and a mount with an acorn finial. 66.5 grams total, 18-42 mm
Found Lancashire and Yorkshire, UK. Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a Lancashire, UK, collector. -
Medieval Bronze Ring Brooch Group
Circa 13th-15th century A.D.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising three annular brooches: one with a raised cell set with a green glass cabochon; one with notched decoration; one with punched pellet decoration. 5.74 grams total, 18-26 mm
From the private collection of Graham Slater (1927-2024), Cambridge, UK; formed 1980s-1990s. -
Romanesque Limestone Capital with Reef Knot
Visigothic Style, 12th century A.D.Estimate: £6,000 - 8,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £3,000
Pillar capital for an architectural column or pier decorated with dense vegetation motifs, tapering swags or garlands; reef-knot motif and leaves above; unworked to the reverse. 74 kg total, 51.5 cm high including stand
Ex French collection. Holz Artles, 25 April 2015, no.83. Private collection, Kensington, London. Private collection, UK. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13383-259007.
This finely carved capital belongs to a group of Romanesque capitals known as knotwork capitals, widespread in the South of France and North of Spain, where the influence of the architecture of the old Visigothic Kingdom was still strong. These capitals probably originate in one of the most famous sculpture workshops of Romanesque France. The base of the capital is topped by a row of abstractly sculpted acanthus leaves. The dominant section of the capital is decorated with stylised knotwork, composed of ornament that entwine and end in folded acanthus leaves. In between the entwined branches, there is more foliage forming the ‘head of a monster’ which playfully animates the sculpture.
